Statutory Instruments
Local Government, England
Made
19th October 2010
Laid before Parliament
25th October 2010
Coming into force
15th November 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) and after consulting in accordance with section 76(5) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:
1.-”(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Body) (England) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 15th November 2010.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
2. The instruments listed in the Schedule to these Regulations are revoked.
3. In relation to any financial year beginning on or after 1st April 2011, the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (company registration number 3675577) is specified for the purposes of section 76(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Robert Neill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
19th October 2010
Regulation 2
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Regulations revoked | References | Extent of revocation |
The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) Regulations 1992 | S.I. 1992/89 | The whole Regulations |
The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 | S.I. 1993/139 | The whole Regulations |
The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/3184 | The whole Regulations |
The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 | S.I. 1998/2995 | The whole Regulations |
The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 | S.I. 2003/5 | The whole Regulations |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sections 78 and 79 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provide for revenue support grant to be payable to any body which provides services for local authorities and which is specified by the Secretary of State in regulations.
These Regulations revoke and replace the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) Regulations 1992 and the instruments which amended those Regulations. In relation to any financial beginning on or after 1st April 2011, these Regulations specify the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government as the sole body to which revenue support grant must be paid.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
1988 c. 41. Section 76 was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 19). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 76(4) are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, vested in the Welsh Ministers. Those functions were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2; see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Local Government Finance Act 1988. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers immediately after the end of the initial period as defined by section 161(5) of that Act.